Jean-Marie Pelt
Jean-Marie Pelt (born October 24, 1933 in Rodemack ; † December 23, 2015 in Metz ) was a French pharmacologist , environmentalist and botanist . He became known through the television series The Plants Live ( L'aventure des plantes ) with Jean-Pierre Cuny from the early 1980s, which was followed by other radio and television contributions.
life and work
Pelt's interest in plants came from his grandfather, who was a gardener . One of his ancestors was the Bishop of Metz . Pelt received his doctorate in pharmacology in Nancy in 1959 and taught botany and pharmacy as a professor ( Maître de conférences ) in Nancy from 1962 and in Metz from 1972, where he retired in 1993. One focus of his research was ethnopharmacology , for which he was on field studies in Togo , the Ivory Coast , Morocco , Syria , Iraq , Yemen and Afghanistan . In Metz in 1971 he founded the Institut Européen d' É cologie (IEE) and was its director. He realized his ideas for natural urban development (propagated in his book L'Homme re-naturé from 1977) in parks in Metz in the 1970s.
Numerous popular science books on botany and other areas of biology, pharmacy, ecology and environmental protection come from Pelt. He emerged as a critic of genetic engineering and tried to combine science and Christian faith.
In 1995 he became a knight and in 2005 an officer of the Legion of Honor . In 1997 he became an officer of the Ordre national du Mérite .
From 1971 to 1983 he was on the council of Metz and he was deputy mayor ( maire-adjoint ) under the mayor Jean-Marie Rausch. Pelt was a friend of Robert Schuman's and wrote his biography.
Fonts (selection)
- Les Médicaments, collections Microcosme "le Rayon de la science" No. 29, Le Seuil, Paris, 1969
- Evolution et sexualité des plantes, Horizons de France, 1970
- L'Homme re-naturé, Le Seuil 1977
- Les Plantes: amours et civilizations végétales, Fayard, 1980
- La Médecine par les plantes, Fayard 1981, 1986
- La Prodigieuse Aventures des plantes, Fayard, 1981
- Drogues et plantes magiques, Fayard 1983
- La Vie sociale des plantes, Fayard, 1984
- The life of plants: struggle and love, competition and community in the realm of botany, Econ 1982
- Le Monde des plantes, Petit Point collection, Le Seuil, 1993
- Dieu de l'univers, Fayard, 1995
- Robert Schuman: père de l'Europe, 2003
- The secrets of medicinal plants, Munich 2005
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean-Marie Pelt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary in Le Monde, 23 December 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jean-Marie Pelt . in: Lutz D. Schmadel Dictionary of Minor Planet Names: Addendum to Fifth Edition: 2006 - 2008. , Springer, 2009, p. 146
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pelt, Jean-Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French pharmacologist, environmentalist, botanist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rodemack |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd December 2015 |
| Place of death | Metz |